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#Em dash in word 2013 plus#
> Type the 4-character codepoint, followed by Alt plus X keys, and it > as long as you know the Unicode codepoint for each: > In Microsoft Office, it's easy to insert an em-dash, en-dash, or minus It's a hyphen and that's how it was programmed in our > (when hyphenated at the end of a line). > to connect two words (as in a compound word) or two fragmennts of a word > What you used in your email was a hyphen, not a dash. There's nothing in grammar or typography called a > en-dash? They are both different in terms of grammar usage and have well, which dash are you referring to? An em-dash or an On Fri, Jul 27, 2018, at 5:40 PM, = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = wrote: Not having access to iThings means I relied on a (now getting quite old) Deque page for VoiceOver. I recently needed to know about what mathy stuff we could rely on default settings to read out: Latest blog-newsletter â Accessibility Tips PubCom: Technologists for Accessible Design + PublishingĬonsulting ⢠training ⢠development ⢠design ⢠sec. If you're doing math and science, then use the correct symbol, the minus sign, if you want students to learn and pass their exams.īevi Chagnon, founder/CEO | = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = Should create a long pause with screen readers.Įn-dash is 2013, used in a series, such as 9 to 5, January through December. Open up MS Word and try this:Įm-dash is 2014, used between sentence phrases for a more dramatic shift if focus. Type the 4-character codepoint, followed by Alt plus X keys, and it converts the codepoint to the correct Unicode character. In Microsoft Office, it's easy to insert an em-dash, en-dash, or minus as long as you know the Unicode codepoint for each: It's a hyphen and that's how it was programmed in our earliest computer technologies. It's not a dash, even if people call it that. The hyphen is used to connect two words (as in a compound word) or two fragmennts of a word (when hyphenated at the end of a line). What you used in your email was a hyphen, not a dash. There's nothing in grammar or typography called a dash. well, which dash are you referring to? An em-dash or an en-dash? They are both different in terms of grammar usage and have different meanings. > tests using our software, so I'd appreciate your thoughts.Ī dash is.
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> We really want to offer the best experience we can to kids sitting > available and IMO widely understood to denote subtraction. > I think the dash (-) character is a good alternative, and it's widely > we're trying to come up with a compromise that makes the content more > Since there's no easy way to enter a minus sign using the keyboard, > that en-dash doesn't convey the subtraction operation to screenreader > the minus (â) sign, because it's wider and easier to see. > Some of the teachers are using the en-dash (â) character instead of > upload maths questions and their pupils to answer them online.
#Em dash in word 2013 software#
> I'm working on some eAssessment software that allows teachers to > Yet another niggly accessibility issue I could do with your thoughts on. > On Jul 27, 2018, at 8:18 AM, Isabel Holdsworth wrote: On the other hand, when using mathematical expressions with fractions or more complex, you should look at using MathML, though I believe there are issues in some AT when a MATHMl expression is used as a label for a radio button and/or checkbox. I am fairly certain that most screen readers are likely to read the dash as a dash. Tests using our software, so I'd appreciate your thoughts.
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We really want to offer the best experience we can to kids sitting I think the dash (-) character is a good alternative, and it's widelyĪvailable and IMO widely understood to denote subtraction. We're trying to come up with a compromise that makes the content more Since there's no easy way to enter a minus sign using the keyboard, That en-dash doesn't convey the subtraction operation to screenreader The minus (â) sign, because it's wider and easier to see. Some of the teachers are using the en-dash (â) character instead of Upload maths questions and their pupils to answer them online. I'm working on some eAssessment software that allows teachers to Yet another niggly accessibility issue I could do with your thoughts on. Number of posts in this thread: 6 (In chronological order)